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To  a  Friend  ; 

•Giving  a  more  particular  Narrative  of  thcD6l 

O  F     T  H  E  ' 

French  Army  ac  Lake-G corgi 

By  the  New-England  Troops,  than  has  yet  been  publiflied 

Reprefenting   alfo  the   vaft    Import ame   of  thi 

Conquejl  to  the  ^merican'BritiJh'CslGmes, 


To  which  is  addcdj      '.     '  ^ 

^  "^c5ch  an  Account  of  \vhat  the  New-England  Go 

vcrnments  have  done  to  carry  intoEfTcft  their  Dcfign  again] 

Crown-Point,  as  will  fhew  the  Neceflity  of  tlieir  being  help' 

.    by  Great-B-ritain,  in  Point  of  Money. 


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:  to  tht  Prifon  in  Queeii^Sfreet,  M,aOC»I^/ 


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rSec^f  LETTER  to  a  Friend, 

i  relating  to  the  Defeat  of  theFrench  and  Indiaw 


*  <<  iS.. ^i  X  %.  long  delayed,  i  am  now  weii  j  ic^icu  "'"'"'" 
^i  fe?Sx«^£  delay ;  as  it  has  givenoccafion  xoth^gnMjf^il,o,, 
^^^^  ij  in  its  kind,  that  ever  happened  m  North- Amen^^ 
Wr  was  fuch  a  battle  fought  here  before  1  -  Never  had  wc  op- 
4ever  was  lucn  a  D*  ^  conqueftover  fo  great  an 

ortunuy  before  of  ^am,ng  ^°  o  „  ^,H   ^^^  ^.^^.£„_^/,„rf 

™li  LCfon  ofthl  delly,  '^ould  have  the  -'*/^/;-;f{ 
.  cS  t^  contend  with  ;"  in  wWch  1 1>W«-  » -^^e  a  gh^ 
,dgment.  For,  the  day  V™  P"bl:f-^;^1^^''^/'S*1^J'  ,S| 
rem  Genehl  >*«M  ^:f ^XL^^l^cc  tC aH  Canada  was  in 

mores  to  C'-;^«-J'"^;:;r'upon  which  the  G.ner.l  went  on 
'  to  reinforce  tort-treaericn  ^V  .  .  •  (•., nation  of  affi"". 
&  fay,  "  that  a  large  «'"f«~J,  ^/^^"i'g  ^^^^^^  the  fev«al 
.  abtolutely  neceniry  -  °-£;.  ^r^^^^^i^  it  as  might  be ;» 

^r'/"^';':hem  '  lat  in  th  .Sime,  infte'ad  of  being  idle, 
md  affunng  there.,  ™_^  '".  ,  .,  .•  ,  p,rt  at  the  entrance  upon 
..  he  would  emp  oy  his  '^^T'J^T^^^  cM.\x.Uke 

"  t  ^^^yr^:^^£S:i^^  the  carrying-place  to 
"^•'rr«fttiT*rand  build  another  fort  «  that  ir»poru»r 

iftr/lcftiit^oped  d,c.-^^^^^ 

i  Sd  Vent,  enabling  hhn  »  P^-^°'  "^  /gt  the  fecond  fort,  or 

U./wasatJ^^^2fir 


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riend, 

Indians 


'Defeat,  I 
expedition; 
g  been  fo 
with  taat 
teftABion, 
h'Ameri''t. 
had  wc  op^ 
fo  great  an 
W'England 
?  pcnuer  of 
ake  a  right 
refs  aniy-;¥ 
id  tent  Oi't 
\adci  was  in 
manner  of 
going  there 
•^l  went  on 
n  of  affairs, 
)  the  feveral 
J  might  be ;" 
*  being  idle, 
itrance  upon 
)  call  ix,LMke 
ing-place  to 
lat  importaErt^ 
aid  be  raifed 
WIS  while  our 
cond  fort,  or 
c  French  and 


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(     3     ) 

You  hf.ve  probably  fcen  his  Letter  to  the  Goyernaurs  of  t*icy^ 
rj/C<?/.«/>J  concerned  in  theCmt^//-/^/'^/  expca.non ;  givmg  an  acooUj 
of  his  engagement  with,  and  fuccets  againft,  the  enemy  :  Vor  it  w: 
printed  the  very  day  it  came  to  hand,  that  every  one  might  be  a 
Linted  with  its  contents.  And  if  you  have  feen  this  letter,  you  mj 
be  pleafed  with  it,  and  conceive  nn  high  opinion  of  the  Gcneri 
merit.  Perhaps,the  beli  bred  regular  could  not  have  difpoled  mattc^ 
mSer  like  circumftances,   with  greater  wifaom.-.  And  tl^  vem 
modelW  that  runs  tlW  his  whole  narrative  cannot  but  recomme^ 
him  to  all  who  are  capable  of  difccrmiffent^— -  But  as  l^^s  letter  ^ 
wrote  fo  foon  after  the  aftion,  it  was  impomble  the  account  of  thi 
fhould  be  particular  enough  to  fatisfy  the  curioufly  inquifitive. 

I  ihall  therefore  give  you  a  fummary  AbfraSi  o£  what  we  h 
more  lately  received,  that  may  be  depended  on  for  ha ;  from  whe 
vou  will  e^filT  be  let  into  a  clear  and  juft  Idea  of  this  whole  Matt 
And,  as  you  will  probably  expeft  it  from  me  I  fhall  hereupon  adc 
few  tho'ts  tending  to  fet  the  importance  o£  this  con^ueft  m  a  pro] 
lieht  before  you  ;  not  forgetting,  before  I  finifh,  toacquaint  you  w 
tlic  re'wfor cements  the  iS^-^-.5:/;^/^«.'/col(,mes  have  railed  and  Id 
to  guard  acainft  a  difappointment  as  to  the  prcfent  expedttton  :  Uf 
■  wllch  youViU  be  at  no  lofs  to  determine,  that  the  biif«en  laiauj 
the  iv/xt'-^/^e^^:/:^  colonies  is,  in  point  of  f^^r^^,  far  beyond  w 
they  are  able  to  bear,  if  Great-Britain  does  not  mterpofe  for  ourhd 
I  have  been  at  the  pains  to  confider  and  compare  a  number  ot  J 
tcrs,  which  have  been  fent  from  the  army,  efpecially  from  the  oflic 
in  it,  and  thofe  among  them,  whofe  Charaaer  I  am  acquainted  wi 
I  have  likewife  had  perfonal  convcrfation  wit>i  aGentleman  ot  dUti 
tion,  who,  a  full  week  after  the  aftion  was  over,  was  f«nt  an  expi 
bv  the  General  to  this  town  ;  and  with  another  alio  who  came  av 
about  the  fame  time  :  And'thc  fim  of  what  I  have  colkacd,  I  It 
relate  to  you  midtr  three  ^/■i;/>//J,anfwerable  to  the  three  engageme 

our  men  had  with  the  enemy.  t,    i    j  u 

On  the  7th  of  this  inftant,  a  number  of  Mohawks,  who  had  bl 
out  as  fcouts,  returned,  and  informed  thcGeneral,  that  they  had  foil, 
three  large  roads  from  the  fouth-bay,  which  they  v/cre  fatjsficd  cot 
not  be  made  but  by  the  marching  of  fo  many  confideraoie  bodicl 
men,  who  were  probably  goneto  attack  our    fort  at  the  carryl 


mrmmm 


I 


(     4     ) 


hce.  The  Cenerai,  upon  this,  difpatchcd  two  expre(!es  *  that 
^ening  to  Ccl.  Bhinchard,  the  commanding  officer  there,  the  latter 
v/hich  icrurned  ahoiit  12  o'clock  with  this  account,  "  tliat  they 
\di  both  hearJ  and  fcen  the  enemy,  and  that  they  were  about  four 
mes  from  tlic  fort."  A  council  of  war  having  been  call'd  the  next 
lorning,  the  refidt  was,  that  a  loOo  men  fliould  be  detached  from 
ke  army  under  tlie  command  of  Col.  //^/V/i^wj,  with  200  Indians 
pder  the  comniand  of  Heudnck  the  Mohawk  fachem,  and  fcnt  to 
jpnoy  the  enemy,  whether  at  the  fort,  or  in  their  retreat  from  it,  ei- 
ler  as  viftorious,  or  defeated*  This  was  accordingly  done,  without 
Ly  lofs  of  time  ;  and  it  made  way  for,  what  I  call,  the  Jirfi  engage- 
ment.    For  thisdetacliment  had  not  marched  above  2  miles  and  an  * 


JVC  the  alarm  to  Col.  JViUiams,   who  endeavoured  with  a  number 

:  men  to  Iccure  a  rocky  ern'rierice  hard  by,  from  whence',  as  from  a 

iid  of  caftle,he  might  annoy  the  enemy.     But,  as  they  had  intcUi- 

|nce  of  his  march,  by  a  fcout  they  had  fent  out,  they  had  fecurcd 

rbcfore,  lavthere  in  ambufcade,  and  upon  his  approach  within  fure 

'ich  of  thSPgims,  they  rofe  up,  fir'd,  and  kill'd  liim,   and  many 

^re,  dead  on  the  fpot.     By  this  time  the  fight  became  very  fierce 

\  both  fides.     The  advanced  j^arty  of  Indians  behaved  with  the 

mofl:  intrepidity ;  but  perceiving  they  IKould  be  furrounded,  and 

iliroycd,  they  gave  way  ;  and  as  they  palTed  by  our  men,  they  told 

-m  of  tlieir  danger,  and  advifed  to  a  retreat.     They  went  on  not- 

thftanding,  fighting  with  undaunted  courage  and  refolution ;  but 

<ding  themfclves  over-powered  with  numbers,and  almoft  encircled, 

ty  quitted  the  ground,  firing  as  they  gave  back  with  conftancyand 

W.     Five  or  fix  Hundred  of  them  retreated  with  fuch  dexterity, 

y  vigorous  exertment,  that  the  return  of  this  detachment  to  the  camp 

js  hereby  rendered,  in  a  manner,  fafe  and  enfy.     The  French  Ge- 

"<7/owned,  that  we  kill'd  more  of  his  men  in  this  fight,  than  we 

«t  of  our  own.  And  my  informer  affurcs  me,  this  acknowledgment 

\  his  was  agreeable  to  the  truth  of  faft.    For  he  faw  himfclf,  the 

next 

Vlr.  Adams,  the  firft  cxprefs  was  killed  by  the  enemy  in  going  to  the  fort ;  and 
General  Johnjbri^  letter  feat  by  him  to  Col.  Bkndard  was  found  in  the  Aid  dg 
nfimtt't  Pocket. 


(!es  *  tliat 
the  latter 
'  that  they 
about  four 
d  the  next 
ched  from 
30  Indians 
nd  fcnt  to 
rom  it,  ei- 
le,  without 
■ft  engage- 
s  and  an  ~ 
the  enemy. 
Ua?is,  with 
;m.     This 
L  a  number 
as  from  a 
had  intcUi- 
lad  fecurcd 
within  fure 
and  many 
very  fierce 
I  with  the 
iinded,  and 
I,  they  told 
nt  on  not- 
ution ;  but 
:  encircled, 
iftancy  and 
dexterity, 
o  the  camp 
French  Ge- 
:,  than  we 
►wledgment 
limfclf,  the 
next 

the  fort ;  and 
in  the  ^id  ds 


(     5    ■)  _    ,  \ 

next  day,  and  counted,  upwards  of  140  dead  bodies  In  thcplaccwn 
the  fiaht  firft  began  ;  tho*  he  could  not  tell  the  precifc  number  t 
were  French,  becaufe  they  had  been  ftripped  by  tlic  Indians,  and 
naked.     And  beiidcs  this  heap,  as  it  wore,  of  dead  bodies,  he  t^ 
me,  thoy  were  fcattered  more  or   lefs  the  whole  way  between 
place  where  the  engagement  began,  and  the  Camp.   He  further  g; 
me' to  uiiderltand,  that  he  took  out  his  watch,  when  the  fire  was  f; 
heard  at  the  camp ;  that  he  penciled  the  time  ;  that  it  was  precifl 
1 1  o'clock  wanting  5  minutes  ;  and  that  the  retreat  was  not  finiih 
till  \-  after  12  :  So  that  this  retreat,  and  the  fight  previous  toit,cc 
tinned  one  hour  and  35  minutes  ;    from  whence  it  appears,  that  0 
men  were  not  over  haiiyin  getting  outoftlie  way  of  danger  :  For  tl| 
were  diftant  from  the  camp  no  more  than  2  miles  and  an  4  .  f  To  i 
it  fcems  very  wonderful,  confidering  the  fupcriority  of  the  enemy  i 
number,  and  tlieir  com.ing  upon  our  men  unawares,   that  they  we 
not  intirely  routed.  ' 

Some  have  found  fault  with  this  detachment  ;  fiippofing  that  thi 
fliould  rather  have  been  cut  to  pieces,  than  have  turned  their  bacj 
upon  the  enemy.     But  they  herein  talk  wildly.     A  good  retreat 
the  next  glory  to  a  victory.   When  troops  are  over-powered  w« 
numbers,  and  unawares  too,  the  trueft  courage  is  difcovered  in  dl 
vifing  and  executing  the  bed:  methods  to  come  off  with  as  little  la 
as  may  be.     Had  our  men  been  upon  equal  terms  v/ith  the  enemi 
I  fhould  have  tho't  they  had  afted  unworthy  of  the  Name  of  i\^<?J 
England  men,  if  they  had  given  way  upon  any  confideration  wha 
ever.     But  they  had  now  to  contend,  not  only  with  a  large  body  <] 
regular  veterans,  but  with  irregular  troops  morte   numerous  th:^ 
themfelves.     And,  under  thefe  circumftances,  what  would  braver^ 
conduced  by  wifdom,  dircft.to,  but  to  make  as  good  a  retreat  i 
they  could.     They  might  have  ftood,  'tis  true,  till  they  had  all  bee! 
killed  ;  but,  In  that  cafe,  they  would  have  jufUy  merited  the  chfj 
rafter  of  mad-men.     Tis  probable,  I  own,  this  retreat  (at    kaft  i 
regard  of  a  number)  might  be  attended  with  furprize,  diforder  ani 
confufion  :  And  it  mull  otherwife  have  been  miratulous ;  as  many  a 


o 


f  General  Johnfon,  judging  of  the  dlftance  by  the  fire,  fays,  it  was  3  or  4  miles  ; 
my  iiiformcr  alTures  me,  he  was  prefcnt  with  the  furvcycr,   when  the  diftance  be 
tweca  the  fort  at  the  ^arrying-place,  and  camp,  was  accurately  mcJured  Vvith 
chain  ;  that  it  was  1 3  miles  ;  and  that  the  diftance  of  the  place  where  this  figh 

'    beoan.  from  tk*"  camn.  was  no  morp  than  5  miles  and  an  -i-  at  fai  theft. 


(  6  ; 


voting  Men  were  here,  who 


never  before 
was  not  fo  much  as  one  rt 


heard  a  gun  fired  i» 


?^«/tf 


\r  in  our 


whole 


W'r.    -fefidcs,  there-was  not  lo  mucn  «  u„^  ..5-.-.  L"  T,    ^^ 
^y.  either  a.o„|  'J-fficers  or^pr.va.e  m^^^^^ 

fnder  to  me  is.  not  that  they  retreated,  or  that  Mmbe"  of  them 
Cht  be  difordered  in  their  retreat ;  but  that  they  fliould  be  able, 
In  the  whole,  to  make  fo  good  a  retreat ;  ----r-%^^\2^^l 
fthe  while  .hey  were  retreating,  -^  Vet  mana^g  *-  ^-'„J 
to  come  off  with  comparatively  fo  fmall  a  lol^.     "-o/- '^"  „    . 

unfrom  tent  to  tent  to  Keep  i  mi  >    ._.(•„  of  his  wounds,  to 

bund  it  necefTary,  notwithftandrng  the  bad  nets  mn 
;.anfport  him  privately  to  f ^-^'^^"e  Jc^-JJ^  ^^-fblaved 
Udltion.  if  on  this  fide  the  g>?f  U  ^^^.^X^s.     When  they 
laus  humanly  and  kmdly  towards  ^nghjh_  ^1^'°"„/  ,nd  the  other 

f  any  aftion  _  detachment  to  the  Camp, 

\  It  was  not  long  alter  tne  reiurn  readmefs 

Lforc  the  enemy  ='PP«^'-^'>.'"  ^'S'^^.^ttlrowirto  t^ 
.0  alve  them  a  warm  reception.     This  was  """"S^"     ,    ,        ,„/,. 
fad^f  their  anproaching  towards  them    and  *«  ^.^^vTbeen 
\  it,  occaflo.«i  by  the  above  fight  aiv^  retre^.  JjX^f^Jk^  „„ 


I 


Aur 


fired  i» 
ur  whole 
tier,  they 
{'^ns  and 
,i._The 
I  of  them 

be  able, 
le  enemy 
retreat  fo 
T^illiams, 
^apt.  Stod- 
roy,  fell  in 
ivate  men. 
,  a  number 

;  Mohaiuks 
xceedingly 
il  lay,  and 
they  might 
1  from  fall- 
l  to  remove 
,  and  finally 
wound*;,  to 
a  dangerous 
n't  behaved 
When  they 
id  the  other 
of  their  paft 
nore  human 
while  united 

to  the  Camp, 
1  in  readinef« 
le  notice  they 
dual  manner 
rht  have  been 
1  attack  upon 
.was  happily 

& 


{     7     )  'I 

•ivcn  us  to  throw  up  a  breaji-^vork  of  trees  (as  General  John^    ■ 
calls  it)  ;  to  plant  a  number  of  cannon  in  fuitable  places  about       I 
to  take  polTcffion  of  (bme  eminences  on  our  left  flank,  under  I    ■ 
guard  of  a  field-piece  advantageoufly  fituated  ;  to  line  our  breSj    I 
work  throughout  with  men  ;  and,  in  fhort,  to  put  things  in  the  b    | 
dirpofition,time  and  circumlknces  would  permit,  to  defend  ourfclvi    I 
and  dcflroy  the  enemy.    And  now  came  on  the  fecond  Battle, ^trha^    I 
the  mod  furious  and  rcfolute,  on  both  fides,  that  ever  was  fought    I 
North-America.     It  opened  between   1 1  and  12  o'clock  (keeping     I 
\htGeneral\  acccunt)wiih  the  fire  of  \\\t French  regulars ;  but  in  a  f <    J 
minutes,the  fire  became  general,  and  nothing  was  heard  but  the  noi    I 
of  guns.   This  part  of  the  attack  was  moftly  made  upon  our  left  wiri    I 
bearing  towards  the  center  ;  and  it  was  principally  fuftained  by  t,    I 
Connecticut   troops,  who  behaved   with  great  aftivity  and  valoi,   I 
When  the  French  found,  upon  a  long  and  obflinato  tryal,  that  th«    | 
muft  be  deilroyed  if  they  continued  here,  they  moved  to  the  ris^ht ,    j 
our'camp,  where  the  Mafachufetts  regiments  were  ported  ;  and  up<    I 
this  attack  alfo  they  maintained  a  brifk  and  relblute  fire  for  a  lo^   I 
time,  but  were  fo  weakcnM  by  the  warm  and  dextrous  oppofitit 
they  met  with,  that  their  fire  gradually  grew  feeble,   and  with  o 
fervable  intermiffions  :  Upon  which  our  brave  men,together  with  tj 
TvJlam,  jumpt  over   the  breaft-work,  refolutciy    fell  upon  the 
'hatcbtt  in  hand,  drove  them  off  the  ground,  purfued  after  the»i 
flew  a  great  many,  and  took  about  30  prifoncrs,  among  whom  wj 
-h^xon   de'DieJkau,    the  General  of  all  the  troops   lately    coii|^  | 

to  Canada  from  France.  I 

This  Engagement,  with  the  purfuit,  lafted  about  7  hours.  Ui 
lofs  was  lefs  now,  than  in  the  former  fight ;  but  the  lofs  on  th 
fide  of  the  French  was  greater  :  According  to  the  beft  accounts  v^ 
killed,  in  this  battle,  3  or  4  hundred  of  their  men,  officers  and  pil 

vate  foldiers.  ,, 

When  General  Johnfinh  letter  firfl  came  to  town,  we  were  read 
to  think,  tlie  French  muft  have  loft  at  leaft  a  thoufand  men  ;  as  th 
battle  was  of  fuch  long  continuance,  and  we  had  the  advantage  < 
Cannon,  and  a  Breafl-iuork  of  trees  to  defend  ourfelves.  Our  Id^^ 
alfo  of  the  bravery  of  the  French  was,  by  reafon  of  dus  adva^d^ 
taire,  very  much  enlarged ;  and  it  feemed  nothing  extraordinary  thj 
•ti  army,  linger  theVbove  circuiBftances,  iliould  get  the  c>etterj 


(     8     ) 

im.  But,  from  Major  Horr,  who  came  to  this  Government  laft 
!ek  upon  an  Errand  from  ihc  army,  is  one  of  its  officers,  and  was 
ccllently  a£rivc  in  the  late  fight;  as  alfo  from  another  Gentleman 
lo  came  fincc,  we  were  lecl  to  conceive  more  jullly  of  the  matter, 
jr  wonder  now  was,  not  that  a  looo  were  not  killctl,  but  that  fo 
my  as  3  or  400  fhould  be  i2ain  in  this  battle.  For  i.heir  account 
*'  that  the  battle  was  fought  ujx)n  a  plain,  covered  with  pitch- 
jc  trees,  of  various  (izes,  fbmefmallcr,ibme  greater,  as  iscommor  ^n 

!:h  plains,in  their  natural  (late  of  wildncfs,and  a  thick  under-grovvth  of 
■ubs,intermixcdwith  brakes,  as  high  as  aman'swafte;  that  no  part  of 
s  plain  was  clcarcd,cxccpt  only  the  road  we  had  made  from  the  fort 
|thcCarrying-place  to  thcCamp  ;  that  the  French  regulars  marched 
this  road,  and  began  the  fight  drawn  up  in  order  ;  that  they  kept 
ir  order  but  a  fmall  fpace  of  time,  not  long  enough  to  receive  a 
.^ond  difchargc  from  our  Cannon  ;  and  that  the  battle  war.  now 
f-ried  on  in  the  Indian  way  by  the  whole  French  army,  regulars 
^well  irregulars,  fbme  fighting  behind  tref  s,  and  flumps,  and  others 
slatting  fo  as  to  be  defended  by  the  under-growth  of  fhrubs  and 
|akes."  Tis  eafy,  ipon  this  Rcprcfcntation  of  the  Matter,  to  fee, 
*AX.  the  enemy  were  upon  equal  terms  with  us,  tho'  we  had  a  kind 
^  breaft-work  ;  nay,  as  it  was  nothing  more  [fo  I  am  inform'd  by 
he  that  was  prefent  when  it  was  made]  than  bodies  of  trees  la»4 
;.gly  upon  the  ground,  round  the  Camp,  and  in  many  places  Co  as 
'.t  to  touch  one  another,  I  am  ready  to  think,  they  had  the  advan- 
ce of  us  J  efpecially  as  the  under-growth  near  the  Camp  had  be- 
!re  been  cut  down  for  the  convenicncy  of"  the  army.  And  from 
Ince  alfo  it  will  not  appear  flrange,  if  our  Cannon  [three  or  four 
i  which  were  the  only  ones  that  could  be  ufed,  and  thefe  not  more 
^n  3  or  4  rounds,  it  being  to  little  purpofe  to  fire  them]  did  .  not 


^' 


them  the  damage,  we,  upon  the  firfl  hearing  of  the  ftory,  might 

apt  to  imagine.     The  plain  truth  is,  after  the  regulars  became 

egulars  in  the  manner  ot  their  fighting,  there  was  no  great  flaugh- 

■    made,    cither  by  our  Cannon y   or    random  Alufquetry.     The 

!ief  execution  was  now  done,  partly  by  our  men's  watching  for  op- 

trtunities  to  fire,  when  they  could  catch  any  of  the  French  or  Indi- 

■s  witliin  fall  view  ;  for  they  are  mofl  of  them  fb  dextrous  i:i  the 

^  of  the  Gun,  as  to  be  pritty  furc  of  taking  a  man  down  within  an 

ndred  yards  diflnnce  :  And  prtly,  by  tlieir  ruining  uppn  them,to- 


J 

f 


WiUUS 


iment  laft 
,  and   was 
jlentlemaii 
ic  matter, 
ut  that  fo 
:ir  account 
/ith  pitch- 
;ommor  ^n 
-growth  of 
no  part  of 
m  the  fort 
s  marched 
they  kept 
receive  a 
war.  now 
r,  regulars 
and  others 
fhrubs  and 
ter,  to  fee, 
had  a  kind 
iform'd  by 
trees  la»4 
laces  fo  as 
the  advan- 
ip  had  be- 
And  fi-oni 
ee  or  four 
b  not  more 
n}  did  .  not 
ory,  might 
jrs  became 
eat  flaugh- 
'try.     The 
ling  for  op- 
ch  or  Indi- 
ous  i:i  the 
n  within  an 
pn  them,to- 


I 


(     9     ) 

wards  the  clofe  of  the  battle,  and  purfuing  them,  not  only  with 
their  Guns,  but  hatchets  alfo.  ^  ,    n  r     r  t 

Our  men,  after  they  had  entered  on  aftion,  were  lealt  tcartul 
of  any  ill  confequcnce  from  the  regulars  ;  and  they  fuflcred  lead 
from  them  :  Tho'  none  among  the  enemy  fufTered  lo  mucli  from 
ns  as  thefe  regulars,  thro'  their  unacquaintednefs  with  the  American 
method  of  fighting.  Few  of  them,  comparativcly,whether  officers,  or 
private  men,  are  tho't  to  hove  efcaiied  with  their  lives.     How  clfe 
can  it  be  accounted  for,  that  the  Gercrnl  fliould  be  taken  alone  ? 
So  I  was  particularly  informed  he  was  by  Major  Hore,   whole    ac- 
count of  this  faft  is  confirmed  by   fcveral  letters  from  the  army, 
particularly  by  one  from  General  Z;'//;j^/.     Tis    fcarce  credible,, 
that  the  chief  commanding  officer,  and  one  of  fuch  importance  to  the 
French  intcrefl,  fliould  be  left  by  all  his  regulars,  both  officers  and 
common  foldiers^and  in  a  wounded  condition  too,if  they  were  generally  , 
alive.     One  would  think,  they  muft,  fcir  fliamc,  have  kept  with  him 
at  all  hazards.     Thus  much,  I  think  mud  be  allowed  to  be  certain  ; ' 
cither  that  they  were  generally  (lain,or  flruckwith  fuch  a  panic,  upon, 
being  purfued  by  our  men,as  to  be  out  of  the  pofleffion  of  themfelvef.  i 

General  Johnfon  and  M^ov  jSlchols  were  wounded  in  this  engage- 
mcnt  ;  and  they  only  among  the  field-officers.     The  General  re- 
ceived a  Ball  in  his  thigh  ;  but  he  can  now  walk  about,  and  we  hope  | 
will  be  able  to  proceed' in  pcrfon  in  further  profecution  of  our  defign,  | 
when  the  reinforcements  are  arrived.     Col.  Titcomb  was  the  only  ; 
officer,  at  leaft  above  a  Captain,  that  fell  in  this  fecond  battle.     He  \ 
was  iliot  dead  on  the  fpot.     And  his  fall  is  the  more  to  be  regretted, 
as  he  was  well  experienced  in  the  method  of  battering  forts.  He  had  , 
a  principal  hand  in  the  ereftion  of  all  the  batteries  at  Louisbourg,  and  ' 
commanded  one  at  that  fiege,  which  was  known  by  his  name,  and  ^ 
was  eminently  galling  to  the  enemy.    He  went  then,  and  now  alfo,  | 
chiefly  for  the  publick  benefit ;  and  his  name  ought  to  be  tranfmitted  ! 
to  poftcrity  with  honour.  ! 

One  thing  more  may  be  worthy  of  notice  with  reference  to  this  I 
battle  ;  and  that  is,  that  among  the  2  or  300  arms  that  have  already  ' 

]3  been  | 

! 
*  Perhaps  the  Hatchet  (a  weapon  our  men,  were  all  vmc<;l  with)  is,  in  otir  way  ^ 
of  fighting,  a  more  fatal  inflrunicnt,  tjian  even  the  Ifoad  S'v:ord,  or  Bayonet,  ; 
if  munajicd  with  Ikitl.  The  Indians  will  readily  faften  it  in  a  man's  fl<ull,  at  ,; 
r,ior?  th-jt)  a  rod's  diftance.  Many.pf  our  people  are  equally  dextrous  in  the  j 
#A,..A«.,  ,jf  \r  .  aj|<l  a!!  our  men  knov/  It*  nfe  {o  well,  that  tis  certain  death  tea 
■lan  tu  be  ^fmh'n^  ilur rer..h  of  tlim^-.m,  when  ftrctched  forth  to  ftrikc  with  it. 


a^(Bh,p*wiiiWWll'*  » 


( 


lO 


) 


been  bro't  into  the  Camp,  a  iiu.nber  appear  to  have  been  thofe  that 
were  taken  1  Vcni  us  at  tlic  Ohio-defeai :  From  whence  it  is  obvious 
to  coiieft,  that  Ibme  of  the  Indians,  or  Canadians,  or  both,  that  came 
off  conquerors  at  the  Moriongahela,  were  ib:m  zx.  Lake-George.— 
This  was  the  fate  particularly  of  Monfieur  St.  Piere,  whofc  death 
is  perhaps  the  greatefl  lofs  the  French  could  have  met  with,  at  this 
day  ;  as  he  was  the  chief  commancic r  of  the  Indians,  and  had  mod 
inHuence  to  engage  them  in  any  defjgn  againft  the  EugUp. 

The  third  Engagement,  as  I  may  properly  call  it,  was  occafionM 
thus. Col.  Blunchard,  the  chief  officer  at  the  Carrying-place,  not 


knowing  but  they  night  need  help  at  the  Camp,  detached  to  their 
lafTiftancc  bctv/ecn  2  and  300  men,  modly  New-Hampjhire,  fomc 
Workers,  under  th.e  command  of  Cnpt.  McGinnis,  Between  4  and 
1 5  o'clock ^  they  reached  the  place  were  Coh  TVilUams  had  been 
|attacked  in  the  morning,  and  diere  tliey  found  about  500  of  the 
j€nemy  (chiefly  Indians),  who  had  f.ed  from  the  former  battle,  and 
Jfwere  come  hither  to  refrefh  themfelves,  fcalp  our  dead,  take  their 
^packs,  and  get  offl  Our  men  fell  upon  them  with  the  greated 
-ifnry,  made  prifoners  of  fome,  killed  a  great  many,  and  Vntirely 
ffoutcd  them  ;  driving  them  off  the  ground,  and  recovering  more  of 
Jjthcir  packs  than  they  could  carry  with  them  to  the  Camp.  -)-  It  can 
jfcarce  be  accounted  for,  that  they  iliould  be  able  to  accomplifli  all 
|this,  upon  any  other  fuppofitioji  than  that  of  the  enemy's  being  dif^ 
^irited  with  the  drefling  they  had  received  a  little  before,  and  mul- 
tiplying, in  their  fright,  the  numbers  with  which  they  were  now 
fbefet.  We  loft  but  a  few  men  in  this  fight.  General  Johnfon  lays, 
Itwo  were  killed,  eleven  wounded,  and  five  miffmg.  Among 
fehe  wounded  is  Captain  McGinnis,  who  behaved  with  prudence 
|and  valor.  He  is  fmce  dead  of  his  wounds.  The  flaughter  of  the 
fcncmy  was  very  confiderable.  The  account  we  have  received  is, 
Ithat  we  flew  near  an  hundred  of  them  :  Thus  ended  the  memo- 
trable  8th  day  of  this  inftant  September. 

\  Our  lofs,  upon  the  whole,  amounts  to  187  EngUfi ;  126  killed, 
Ssuid  61  mifEng:  The',  of  the  miffing,  20  are  returned,  and  probably 
':  '  more 

'\  t  This  engagement  was  begun  near  the  placc,wherc  ^tTrench  hadencampedthc  night 

,  bcfore,and  where  they  had  kft  their  baggage.  Accordingly  being  thus  driven  off, 

jj  our  people  the  nest  day,bro't  in  4  or  5  waggon  loads  ofAmmonition.Proviflons. 

i  Blankets,  5cc.     And  they  fmcc  find,  that  their  flight  was  fc  hally,  and  fo 

I  much  ia  a  fright,  that,  as  they  fled,  they  dspft  thcif  Waukctb,  bread,  and  crcn 

I  jTome  o£  the  fcjSps  of  our  men. 


;n  thofe  that 
t  is  obvious 
h,  that  came 
e-George. — 
whofc  death 
with,  at  this 
nd  had  mod 

iS  occafionM 
ig-place,  not 
led  to  their 
y^/Vd",  fbmc 
ween  4  and 
J"  had   been 

500  of  the 
r  battle,  and 
i,  take  their 
the  greated 
and  intirely 
ing  more  of 
np.  -)-  It  can 
comphfli  all 
s  being  dlf- 
re,  and  mul- 
s{  were  now 
Yohrfon  lays, 
g.  Among 
th  prudence 
ightcr  of  the 

received  is, 
1  the  memo- 

126  killed, 

ind  probably 

more 

amped  the  night 
thus  driven  off, 
tion.Provifions. 
hally,  and  fo 
bread,  and  crcn 


'  ^ V-  (       II       ) 

more  brthis  time.     I  can't  learn,    that  the  Iniians  Icsft  mdrtf  thir, 

from  LC  to*2o.     The  wounded  are  94  Engliflj,  and  about  id  or  i' 

Indians,,,    'Tho^  Mafachufetts-rtg\mtn\.^^vQt\it  greateft  fufferers,  s 

they  were  moft  in  aftion.  Two  of  their  3  colonels  were  killed,  an 

one  of  their  majors  [another  was  wounded],  befides  fevcral  of  thej 

Captains  andLieutenants  ;  and  among  them,are  the  greater  part  of  th 

private  men  that  were  flain.  The  lofs  on  the  enemy's  fide  was  muc 

Greater  than  on  our*s.     We  know  not  the  number  of  their  wounded 

but  between  five  and  fix  hundred  were  probably  llain  in  all  the  en 

rragements,  and  it  may  be  yet  more  ;  for  our  people  are  daily  findin 

dead  bodies.    The  account  {xomNew-Tork,  and  Albany  is  700  :  Bu 

the  prccife  number  of  the  (lain  will  never  be  known.     The  Indianx 

we  are  all  fenfibla,  are  flrangely  follicitous  to  hide  their  dead,  and  wil 

run  all  hazards  to  this  efid.     And  they  have   doubtlefs  conceAle, 

numbers  of  their  killed  men.  We  are  fatisficd  of  this,  not  only  froi^ 

their  known  temper  and  prafticc,  but  from  our  having  foiind  at  leal 

40^/Vrj,  [poles  with  crols-fticks  of  wood,  haftily  put  together]  bq 

fmcared  withblood,upon  which  ,it  is  fuppofed,they  carried  off  number 

of  their  flain.     Our  people  have  alfo  found  fome  of  their  conceale| 

dead,  particularly  4  or  5  Indians  in  a  funk  piece  of  land. 

I  may  properly  take  notice  here  of,  what  I  effeem,  an  excefs  o 
civility  in  our  people  towards  the  French. —  They  fent  out  parties,  « 
foon  as  they  could  with  convenicncy,nOt'only  to  bufy  their  dead,btl 
to  bury  as  many  of  them  as  might  be  without  the  knowledge  of  th 
Indians, lo^xQNcnr.  their  hdmfialped.  This  I  call  an  excefs  of  civilitv 
not  indeed  confidered  initfelf  fimply,but  comparing  it  with  the  condu^ 
of  the  French  towards  us.     They  took  no  care  to  fave  any  of  ou 
men,  who  fell  2.t  ihc  fouthward,  this  fummer,  from  being  fcaltei 
but  fuffered  them  all,  officers  as  well  as  common  foldicrs,  to  haV 
thi-.  indignity  offered  to  them  by  tke  Indians  :  And  moreover,  thej 
left  their  dead  bodies  upon  the  field  of  battle,  as  we  have  been  wel 
aHTured,  to  putrify  and  rot  there,  unlefs  they  were  devoured  by  th, 
wolves  and  crows,  and  other  beafts  and  birds  of  prey,     Confiderinj 
this  inhuman  condu^  of  the  French,  I  can't  but  thirk,  we  exceedei 
in  our  civilities  to  the  dead  at  Lake-George.     For  we  have  learr^ 
by  long  expiiiieiicc,  that  unlefs  we  treat  them  as  they   treat   Mi 
vvc  may  expeO  ill  ufigc  at  their  hands. 

As  to  the  Ni'whcr  of  the  Frer^ch  snd  India nf  engaged  in  this  bat 
?lc,  it  rcmnins  lliU  uncertain.     In  thcNi'ivT^rk  Newt-paper,  th? 

— >,  cami 


(        ^2       )  I 

came  to  Town  laft  pofl,  they  are  fald  to  have  been  5375.  The  | 
account  (lands  thus.  Regulars,  11 2 6.  M'llitla,  1 2 od  form'd  in  1 2 
companies, with  20  regulars  in  each  company.  IndianTraAers,  300. 
MUttta  officers  volunteers,  30.  Cadets,  about  20.  Indians  700. 
Total,  '^^76.  'Tis  evident,  I  believe,  from  Genernl  Diejkauh 
papers,  that  he  bro't  this  number  with  him  from  Canada,  ^  thus  par- 
Iticularly  afcerta'n'd  :  But  whetl  er  he  left  any  -^xCroivn-point,  or  Tl- 
conderogo,  and  if  any,  how  many,  cannot  perhaps  be  reduced  to  a  cer- 
tainty. Thus  much  we  may  venture  to  fay,  as  lie  knew  our  force, 
tis  highly  probable,  he  came  with  one  that  was  fuperior.  I 
cannot  therefore  fuppofe,  he  had  lefs  than  2coo  Canadians  and  /;/- 
dians,  befides  5  or  6©o  regulars  at  lead:.  Wfe  had  about  2 100  A^^w- 
Enpland  men,  and  between  2  and  300  Indians.  The  reil:  of  our 
men  were  partly  confin'd  by  fickncfs,  but  moftly  left  at  the  C^rry- 
ina-tlace  to  take  care  of  xhtfort  there. 
'  Having  thus  given  you  as  particular  an  account,  as  you  can  rea- 
^ifonably  expeft,  at  prefent,  of  this-y/^^ry  over  the  French  and  Indians, 
tl  can't,  in  confiitency  with  the  regard  I  have  for  my  Country, 
jreflrain  my  felf  from  going  on   to  reprefent,  in  a  few  words,  the 

MPORTANCE  of  it  to  lYiQ^Briti/b  Intercft. 
1     You  will,  at  once,  be  fenfible  of  its  great  Importance,  it  you  only 
imrn  the  tables  in  your  mind,  and   fuppofe  the  French  had  been 
j|r/^5rj,  infleadof  our  army.  ,'       n  1 

i  Some,  by  giving  a  loofe  to  their  imaginations,  have  Itrangely 
Ihcightened  our  melancholy  condition,  in  this  view  of  the  matter. 
Whey  have,  in  their  fancies,  block'd  up  all  communication  with  our 
Troops  at  Lake-Ontario,  and  delivered  our  Governor,  who  is  now 
^here  a  prey  into  French  hands  ;— they  have  look'd  upon  Albany 
las  beVieced,  and  taken ;-  yea,  they  have  tranfported  the  enemy  to 
Wew-Tnrk,  and  entertainM  fearful  apprehenfions  refpefting  the  fate 
4eve«  of  that  a/v.— But  thefe  are  vain  imaginations,  the  imagery  ot 
2lmere  fancy  ;  and  muft  appear  fo  to  all,  who  will  only  caU  to  mind, 
pwhat  was  done  at^/te^,  ConneRicut,  and  the  wejlern  parts  of  this 
"^^rvernrnent,  when  it  was  known,  that  our  army  was  attacked,  but 
^*inknown  what  would  be  the  iflue.  We  haye  been  well  adlired,  they . 
We  beating  to  arms,  and  would  have  been  upon  the  enemy,  with 
bible  their  number,  in  a  fortnight's  time,  h.id  not  riding,  of  our  being 
Conquerors  rendeic.l  their  immediate  piogr^ls  need  lei,*. 
^  Bulthouch  tliefc  faDck-d  ct>ntc^iuc;vxs  \\<>M  m>^  i>i*ve  T:iken 
^  place. 


1 


I 


.!#- 


I 


375.  The 
^:)rm'd  in  1 2 
'}'aJers,  300. 
)idia;is  700. 
1  'T>ieJJiau\ 
a,  thus  par- 
boint,  or  Ti' 
iced  to  a  cer- 
kV  our  force, 
fuperior.  I 
lans  and  In- 
2100  N'ew- 
reil:  of  our 
;  the  Carry- 

you  can  rea- 
2xAInd'ians^ 
ly  Country, 
'  words,  the 

if  you  only 
h  had  been 

e    flrangely 

the  matter. 

ion  with  our 

who  is  now 

pon  Albany 

le  enemy  to 

ting  the  fate 

imagery  of 

:all  to  mind, 

)arts  of  this 

ttacked,  but 

adlired,  they , 

enemy,  with 

af  our  being 


Lave  taken     j 
place,    I 


i 


(   13   ) 

niace  had  the  French  come  off"  viftorioiis  :  yet  others,  and  ^ 
mifchievous  ones  too,  muft  have  followed.  Our /m  at  the  Carry, 
place  would  certainly  have  fallen  into  their  hands,  and  togct 
therewith  all  the  artillery,  ammunition,  and  llores,  which  had  not  b 
taken  by  them  at  the  Camp ;— awful  numbers  ot  our  men  mult  h 
been  flain,  and  captivated  ;  and,  in  a  word  our  whole  army  roui 
and  an  entire  end  put  to  our  defign  agamft  Cro-wn-tomt,^  at  lealt 
this  year:- All  which  has  been  happily  prevented,  by  its  bemg 
dered  in  providence,  that  the  viaory  Ihould  fall  on  our  fide. 

The  fofimc  advantages  of  this  conqueft  are  alfo  very  fignal, 
may  be  be  worthy  of  particular   notice. 

Hereby  the  dilgrace   that  was  reflefted  on  the  5n/,/  arms, 
the  banks  of  the  mnongahek,  is  wholly  wiped  away.     Were  ; 
of  theiCW;:^  iii^^  there?  A  much  greater  number    ot//-f 
nnd  IniknsU  or  <=oo)  were  flain  here.-\Strc  the  EM  re 
tn  flruck  vAh  a  panic,  when  attacked  >here  by  French  and  /« 
irremlars  ?  The  French  Regulars    znd  veterans  »"»;  ^ej^  <" 
witlt  in  equal  fright  for.,  when  purfued  by  Nmv-England  Irre 
lars  ■  Otherwilb  they  would  not  have  fled  fo  univcrfally,  and  m  1 
hurry,  as  to  leave  their /^  oj^cer  alone,  not  havmg  a  fingle  man 
help  him.— Was  the  Bn///ir  G«^~/ mortally  wounded  in   that 
eacement  ?    So  was  the  French  General  m  th.s  :  (he.sfuppo(e( 
be  dead  of  his  wounds,  before  this  time)  Only  the  advantage  lies 
our  fide  ;  for  our  General  was  carried  offby  his  own  men,whereas 
French  General  ■m.^  left  to  fall  a  prifoner  into  his^enemies  hands 
Hereby  an  happy  turn  has  been  given  to  the  fpirits  of  our   n 
on  the  one  hand ;  and  an  unhappy  one  to  the  «"=™y  7"  *^  "j' 
Our  people,  to  an  obferving  eye,  were  plamly  under  a  d-preOure, 
cafioLlby  the  h.rrid  /laughter  ^t  .hefiuth^ard,  *«  >.ke  whe, 
had  never  before  been  fcen,  or  heard  of,  m  the  Country  ;    while 
the  other  hand,  the  Fr.«.A  and  Indians  wereflulht  with  the  vfl 
they  had  obtained,  and  difpofed  therefrom  to  «"''-«='ke  any  th. 
imaeinine  there  would  be  no  ftanding  before  them  :    But,  by  w 
was^done^t  Laie  George,th\,  ftate  of  mmd  has  luck,  y  been  inver. 
We  are  now  ralfed  in  our  fpirits,  they  funk  m  their's  :-We  go 
in  our  defign,  animated  with  new  life  and  vigor  ;  they  oppofe  us 
couraged  and  intimidated  :-Wc  aft  againft  Aem  as  conauerors ;  t 
agaU  us  as  biving  been  fairly  beat  tVom  the   field  o^  battle,  : 
^uite  routcil.  .  f 


(  1+  ; 

En  fine,  hereby  the  ftrcngth  of  the  enemy  has  been  greatly  weak- 
fed.     They  have  loft  their  General,  an  experienced  warrior,  who 
B  puj-pofely  fcnt  from  France  to  be  at  the  head  of  their  military 
firs  ;  and  they  have  loft  alfb,  together  with  him,  moft  of  their  offi- 
rs  of  diftin£tion  and  worth,  and  a  great  number  of  their  common 
liers.    'Tis  true,  2  or  3  of  our  chief  officers,  and  10  or  12  inferior 
fes,  all  men  of  bravery,  were  flain  in  the  fame  field  of  battle,  as  well 
I  a  confiderable  number  of  our  private  men  :  But  the  lofs  on  their 
t  with  refpe£l  to  officers  as  well  as  common  (bldicrs,  is  far  greater 
:n  on  our's.     Their  prifbners  fay,  their  army  is  ruined.     A.nd,  per- 
)S,  after  a  deduction  of  their  dead,  their  wounded,  their  captivated, 
jir  lefcrters,   their   loft  and  perilhed  in  the  woods,  their  number 
Kted  for  aftion)  will  not  be  more  than  half  whit  it  was,  when  they 
le  forth  agaiiift  us.     This  is  certainly  a  great  advantage  to  us. 
Id  an  equal  difadvantage  to  them.     They  will  doubtlefs,  be  rein- 
rced  from   Canada ;  but  fo  will  our  army  from  New-England  7 
lid  Canada,  we  know,  can't  fupply  fuch  numbers  of  men,  as  it  is 
ff  the  power  of  Neiv-England  to  do.     And,  by  reafbn  of  this  effort 
[the  French, m  which  they  were  intirely  difappointed,  we  are  better 
le  to  judge,  what  reinforcements  may  be  neceflary,  and  are  more 
frrnly  fpirited  to  raife  and  fend  them,  with  the  quicked  difpatch. 
%AiA  this  mind^  ae  of  my  promife,  not  to  forget  to  give  yon  fich 
ll^ztrc^w;// of  thefe  reinforcements,  as  maybe  fufficient  to  open  to 
|;|u  the  abfolute  necejfity  of  a  large  remittance  from  Great-Britain. 
jd  to  this  end,  I  need  not  be  particular.     It  might  be  imprudent, 
ler  prefent  circumftances,  to  be  lb  :  Tho'  I  may  tell   you,  the 
^nerali-AjJembiy  of  this  province,  who  are  now  fitting,  have,  this 
(ek,  afted  the  part  of  wile  ancl  kind  fathers  to  this  people,  in  fend- 
home  a  reprelentation  of  what  has  been  done,  with  reference  to 
Ts  affair ;  and  I  cannot  but  hope,  and  believe,  it  will  procure  a  re- 
ftval  of  that  heavy  weight  of  f^^r^^that  is  now  lying  on  us,and  muft 
lie  us  into  ruin,  if  we  don't  receive  fupport  from  out  mother-country. 
f  I  fliall  therefore  only  lay  in  general, that  the  reinforcements  already 
tytie,  and  now  going,  to  our  army,  will  make  it  a  very  formidable  one, 
liiean,  for  this  part  of  the  world ;  and  the  charge,  arifing  from  the 
V,  and  fubfiftetice,  [almoft  doubled  in  its  coft,  by  the  difficulty  of 
.nfportation]  of  fach  a  body  of  men,  mull  appear,  to  all  who  will 
row  themfclves  to  think,ti>  be  far  beyond  ihe  utmoft  ability  v)f  a  few, 
"Dr,infant,col©nies ;  as  th.cN^7''-Il;igla»J 0DC> ccitaiiily arc.     Thej 

tre 


arc  ai 


«a»— 


(     '5     ) 


[y  weak- 
er, who 

military 
heir  offi- 
common 
I  inferior 
2,  as  well 

on  their 
ir  greater 
\.nd,  per- 
iptivated, 
r  number 
^hcn  they 
5c  to  us, 

be  rein- 
Kngland  7 
,  as  it  is 
this  effort 
are  better 
are  more 
ifpatch. 
:  yovifiich 

0  open  to 
\t-Brita'tn. 
mprudent, 

you,  the 
have,  this 
2,  in  fend- 
Ference  to 
)cure  a  re- 
5,and  muft 
?r-couHtry, 
Its  already 
dable  one, 
t  from  th« 
ifficuhy  of 

1  who  will 
yof  afew, 
■c.     Thef 

arc 


J 


arc  all  engaged  in  the  prefent  expedition  ;  they  wi  I  all  therefore  .n«d  affiftan 
TWthisis  emphatically  trucoftheM^/^.^/.///-Provm 

^'v  have   he  A^  and  beji  chum  [I  would  not  fay  an  excluhve  one]  to  the  puy 

'iX^reai^^-iain.     They  are  the  Principals 'r.  ^^^^^"^"P""  ^"rRc^iJ 

he  eL/.y?  part  in  it.     But  this "   not  all  :  The  better  ha^f  ot  ^^h  of  the  Rcg.m 

Sd  this  fpring,  upon  the  elhbiifhment,  under  Major  General  Mcy.  and  M 

tttppperrk  ^oc  inhabhants  of  the  Maffachujetts.^,  ;  and  the  other 

re  Jmcnts.  ifhich  are  gone  to  AV.^-5c./;.,were  a  moan./-.//^  made  up  ot  men  of 

{ixivrvincc.     'Tis  true,  thcfe  regimerts  arc  m  the  pay  of  tlie  crc^n  :  IJut 

he  ben  fi   o^^  the  labour  of  fo  many  men,  in  their  proper  bufinefs  js  lo  I  to   he 

ince  •  and  furdier,  the  proportion  of  the  tax  that  would  have  fallen  to   he  r  Ih 

muft  now  be  taken  from  them,  and  fallened  upon  the  other  members  o   the  Cov, 

m    t  T-h  ch,  you  arc  fcnf.ble,  will  greatly  inereafe  their  burden    Befidcs,  no  lo, 

Too  han  lart  year  we  were  at  the  expence  of  ereamg  a  fx)rt  on  the  banks  of  A.> 

If^^Rve     under  the  cover  .f  8  or  900  men  raifcd  for  the  purpofc,  pnnc'pally 

a    cw  to  fecure  our  Sovere:gn's  rights  in  thofe  parts  ;  the  expence  ot  which  ^ 

L  ereaion,  and  maintenance  to  this  day,  has  amounted  to  Tnx^ohuvdud  fhouj 

P..^i    our  money,  at  the  loweft  computation.     Nor  is  this  all  yet :  As  we  ai 

^^      not  only  with  the  Indians  nc..CamdaM^  with  all  the  trrbes  oieafi.rn  Jnd. 

he  tnobjL  excepted,  againft  whom  alfo  we  are  upon  the  PO-t  o    F^dajn 

vlr  )  we  are  obliged  to  keep  a  confiderabic  number  of  our  men  conaantly  fcou 

he  woods,  from  caji  to  ..e/\n  a  Hue  of  2  or  300  rniie3,  «o  defend  our  out-let 

nents  againfl  their  depredations. -In  Ihort,  o^ff  ^^''f'^/ffZ  Zbe 

•  B^vince  aie,  at  this  day,  in  nrllitary  fervice  ;  and  more  ^^^  ^M  ^c  numbe 

our  own  pa^,  than   when  we  went  againft  Cape^Breton  :  And  ,   the  burden  of 

cxpedkion  vvL  judly  tho't  too  heary  for  us,  much  more  is  thrs  tire  truth  of  the  . 

a^  prefent.- We  ftand  indeed  a  fad  chance  of  being  an  undpne  Pfopl^.'/j^^j;^ 

p  tFed,  and  relieved  from  the  ether  fide  of  the  water.-^'Twill  otlierwife  be  certa 

!Zlhk  for  us  to  engage  in  any  enttrprize  the  next  year.- We  (hall  have  r.eith 

eLt-difpofing  us.  nor  money  enabUng  us.  thereto:  ^Vheree.,  rf  we  arereujibu: 

this  charge,  and  properly  affured,   that  any  other  attenrpts  fhaU  be  earned  on  at 

expence  of  the  CrJn,  it  wUl  give  a  fpring  to  our  vigor,  and  we  fhall  jom  l^art 

hand  in  exerdng  our  whole  power  to  promote  the  fervice  of  our  Kmg   m  icourj 

hii»and  our  enemies.  /    •      /?   ^ 

And  if  we  are  thus  fupplied  with  money,   let  the  foutkrn  cohmes  Jleep  on; 
Ncxv-Tork  government  in  partici^lar,  inglorioufly  fit  ftiU,  and  do  nothing  f,  whik 

4-  Tho'  New-York  fupply'd  only  Socmen  upon  the  prefent  expedition  (300  of  wj 
thev  did  not  raife  in  their  own  government,  being  unwdlmg  to  k>fe  fo  much  of 
labour  of  their  people)  :  yet  when  a  large  reinforcement  was  found  neceflaiy,  c 
^areater  number  of  men  than  was  at  firftfent,  they  chofe  to  lay  upon  their  oa 
not  troubling  themfclves  to  raife  a  fingle  man  :  So  that  the  ^hole  reinforoeauni 
our  army  has  been  from  the  Ne^-Eniland  colonies,  who,  to  thar  honour  be 
fpoken,  have  exerted  themfclves  beyond  what  could  have  been  cxpcfted. 
.lain.from  the />/>//  andfoW«^,  ovs  fiuthern  brethren  have  difcovered  that  i^ 
thing  is  done  to  purpofe  againft  the  French,  it  muft  be  done  by  Nenu-England.  /. 
Jbail  they  not  be  affifted,  in  point  of  money,  from  Great^Britain  .^— Can  it,  ui 


^ 


i 


(    .6    ) 

,-En^/and Gorcnmcm  arc  raifing  and  fending  large  reinforcements  in  defence, 

,  [p^^Km  territories  that  nrc  frontiers  to  them,  and  in  the  defence  of  which  tH/fjt 

^Uy  Aould  Jay  themfelves  out  to  the  utmoft  :  I  fay,  if  we  of  the  Maffachufetts- 

'^nce,  together  with  the  other  Nenu-England  colonies,    arc  properly  "encouraged 

(trengthened  with  money  from  home,  we  fhall  nothing  regard  xhtjirange  condufi 

D^feuthern  Governments,  but  chearfully  and  refolutely   undertake  any  enterprife 

■pt  common  good  ;  and  doubt  not,  but  we  fhall  foon  be  able.without  any  afHftance 

them,  under  the  fmiles  of  providence,  to  bring  down  the  pride  of  the  American 

^  Ch,  and  make  them  glad  to  be  at  peace  with  us  upon  any  terms. 

f>^ifhing  foon  to  hear  good  tidings  from  our  brethren,  who,  by  this  time,  we  would 

arc  gone  from  Lake-George,  properly  reinforced,  in  further  profecution  of  their 

I  am,   with  great  Refpcft, 


'?osTON,  September 
29th   1755. 


Tour  affeR'tonate  Friend, 

and  humble  Servant^ 


T.  w. 

i  1  ^  a^^  Jrtdians  hare  all  left  ourCamp ;  tho'  not  thro'  difguft,but  iq^compliancc 
'Itia  cuftom  they  have  ttf  going  home  after  abatde,  to  rejoice  and  mourn,  ^%  there  is 


they  have  «£  going 

^    A  TA     '^'<*''^^^-  They, ,,  ^, ...,.-.^., ...„,;, 

I  \vij  *^*^"^.^  ^"  poli»».and  carried  alocg  in  folemn  triumph.  They  feemed  highly 
*M  z  alfo  with  the  laced  hats  vad  chtkes,  xhtguns,  the  'watches,  the  pocket-money, 
i  *p:er  plunder,  our  people  were  wilJiDg  to  let  them  have  for  their  encouragement ; 

I    "t  very    much  added  to  their  nlAfiir**  tc\  ho^i-    »Vio»  r:^^*.-.,^^   u r..  I I  1 »^    - 


0on  tor  b9th,  or  either.  They  pafFed  thro'  Albany  widi  many  fcores  oi  fcalps^mo^^^ 

leer 


^  alfo  with  the  laced  hats  Vi^  clothes,  the  guts,  the  'watches,  ihe  pocket-money, 
^ber  plunder,  our  people  were  wilJiDg  to  let  them  have  for  their  encouragement ; 
J  <*  very  much  added  to  their  plddlire  to  hear,  that  Governor  Hardy  had  bro't  a. 
V  M^^re/enf  for  them  from  hi»  Bntann/ck  Majefly.  Their  return  is  cxpeded  in 
>  Kfa  fortnight,  with  a  much  greater  numbei*  from  tiieir  feveral  tribes,  when  Gover- 
■^  ^ardy  will,  without  fraud,  m  per/on,  in  thename  of  his  royal  Majier,dt\i- 
,J^  P';^fi"f  to  ^«m  :  Upon  which  they  will  rejoin  our  army.  It  is  faid,and  I  believe 
Jtruth,  that  diey  defign  to  fend  to  all  the  tribes  oUnJians  in  fubjeaion  to,  and  al- 
•^  with  them,toy;6<7r/^'«  their  arrovus,ind  come  forth  to  revenge  the  death  of  their 
*  ■rHa'^-^^  ^^'^  °^  *^'^  ^''^ilian  Chief  is  a  great  lofs  to  us,  as  well  as  them.  ^For-Hfe 
a^aft  friend  to  the  Englijh,  as  an  inveterate  hater  of  the  French ;  having  too  much 
,^tanding  not  to  fee  thro'  their  defigns,  which  he  was  convinced  would  finally  end,  • 
jomplifiicd,  m  the  redudion  of  the  Indians  to  aftate  of  flavcry.  It  was  very  much 
-|T.^  *®  his  influence,  that  the  5/x-A^tfr/i>»/,notwithftanding  the  al>u/es  they  have  fuf- 
j^jl:  fromJomeTorkers,  have  been  fo  firmly  attached  to  our  intereft.— Perhaps,  dicre 

tW  'eft,  among  all  the  Indians  on  the  continent,  a  man  equal  to  him  •'"  *-'- --' 

(OlP  ^^Jirength  and  courage  of  a  Lyon. 


T.  W. 


.me  of  reafon,  be  tho't  equal,  that  thefe  colonies  fhould  be  diminifhed  and  impo- 
j^  rifhed,  while  the  growth  of  x\itfouthern  ones,  in  number  and  riches,  is  hereby 
jpbmotcd  ?— From  the  charader  we  have  of  governor  Hardy,  and  the  fpirit  he 
ro^  already  difcovered,  we  hope  iVhy-r<?ri,under  Jjis  i)«liaifii(b-»UOD,  will  adtuorc 

rc  friends  to  the  common  Bhtijh  intercfl. 


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